Model Airplane International - June 2018

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A pair of basecoated Focke-

Wulfs; there’s no decals yet,

this is all paint.

The HGW decals

have been on for

around 3 hours, the

instructions say

wait for 6-8 but I

was impatient!

And the carrier

fi lm just peels

away leaving the

stencil looking

painted on. Such

a simple, clever,

innovative idea and

for me a game-

changer.

the details in the instructions

but I’m assuming the colours

have been interpreted from

Black and White photos and

therefore may not be reliable. That

being said, an early A-3 in this scheme

was too tempting so it had to be done

in this case using Mr. Hobby paints the

greens being applied over the early 74/75

camoufl age.

Following a light coat of Gunze Sangyo GX-

100 Gloss (great stuff by the way) the decals

were added and for these models I thought

I’d have a go using the HGW range. These

work differently to traditional decals, you cut

them out (the carrier fi lm is continuous), apply

them in the usual way then after 6-8 hours

the carrier fi lm is carefully peeled off leaving

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